丟人現眼

Chinese

		to lose face; to bring shame to oneself; to be embarrassing to lose face; to bring shame to oneself; to be embarrassing; to be disgraceful	to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face
trad. (丟人現眼/丢人現眼)		丟人/丢人	現眼
simp. (丢人现眼)		丢人	现眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diūrénxiànyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diūrénxiànyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄡ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diourénsiànyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tiu¹-jên²-hsien⁴-yen³
    • Yale: dyōu-rén-syàn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diourenshiannyean
    • Palladius: дюжэньсяньянь (djužɛnʹsjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: dīu yàhn yihn ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ jan⁴ jin⁶ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ yen⁴ yin⁶ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ jiːn²² ŋaːn¹³/

Idiom

丟人現眼

1. to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself lose face

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 相瀉／相泻